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Gluten-Free Cosmetics
February 1st, 2013Gluten has become a great concern for those with celiac disease. This autoimmune digestive disease interferes with an individual’s ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. Without a known cure, the only effective treatment is a gluten-free lifestyle.
Winter Glow
February 1st, 2013You can feel it coming on: cracking, flaking, blotchiness. Yes, it’s winter, and with all the fun festivities that come with it, ‘tis the season that can wreak the most havoc on your largest organ.
How to keep your skin supple and soft through this blustery season
Eat Your Way to Beautiful Skin!
January 1st, 2013Not only is a skin care regimen important for achieving a healthy complexion, but the foods we eat are also an important factor in creating healthy, glowing skin. There are certain foods that contain nutrients and vitamins to keep skin looking young and blemish-free.
From the Inside Out
October 1st, 2012Beauty comes from the inside out—in more ways than one.
Sure, genetics are involved, but you’ve got a very large role to play to decide which genes get expressed and which ones lay dormant!
Tips for natural beauty and skin care
Shed Some Light: Protect Yourself From Harmful Rays
June 1st, 2012Your skin is the largest organ in your body. It serves to protect your internal organs; houses nerve endings that provide sensation; regulates heat; controls evaporation; stores liquids; and absorbs oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. When the sun’s ultraviolet rays shine on this sensitive organ too long, bad things can happen.
Protecting your skin is important for more than one reason. Whether the motive is vanity, health, or a combination of the two, looking after your skin should be a priority as sun damage is a serious risk to the unprotected.Summer Over-Exposure
June 1st, 2012On warm summer days spent outside at the beach, by the pool, on the court, or in the garden, it’s all too easy to forget to reapply (or even apply) sunscreen. While the resulting damage can’t be reversed, it is possible to lessen the aftereffects of too much sun in order to take the ache away.
Heal sunburn and damaged skin the natural way.A Different Halloween Mask
October 26th, 2011Pumpkins pop up everywhere this time of year, especially as carved jack-o’-lanterns and in festive fall pies. But this popular October staple has another great use: skincare. Pumpkins pack the powerful antioxidant vitamin A, which helps counterbalance pesky free radicals and prevent wrinkles, as well as zinc to aid in cell regeneration.
Quench Your Skin
March 1st, 2011There is nothing like the cold months to suck the life out of your skin. Dullness? Check. Flakiness? Double check. Cranked furnaces, hot showers, and the natural elements of winter—dry air, snow, wind—can all dehydrate your exterior, causing the epidermis—the outermost layer of the skin—to become chapped, itchy, and even cracked.
Our tips for moisturizing the driest of skin.Healthy Sun Practices
February 1st, 2011A general rule. Spending 3 to 15 minutes outdoors for light-skinned individuals and 15 to 30 minutes outdoors for darker skin tones in midday, unobstructed sun with 40 percent of your skin exposed will provide most people with a protective vitamin D level (up to 50,000 IU of Vitamin D in the next 24 hours). The Reference Daily Intake (RDI) however, is only 200 to 600 IU of vitamin D per day.
Beauty in the Mist
September 1st, 2010Ask any aesthetician how to get beautifully glowing skin, and she’ll likely respond, “Hydration, hydration, hydration.” Water keeps skin looking fresh and healthy by hydrating and delivering nutrients to the cells.
Haven't tried a facial spray? Here's why you should.
